Sprinkling-machine.



E. TOMBR.

SPRINKLING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOR-JILBD SEPT. a, 1910.

984,455. Patented Feb. 14,1911

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SPRINKLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED snmne. 1910.

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To all who: it inuy concern.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICF.

ELLIS. TQMER, F VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.

SPRINKLING-MACHINE.

specification of Letters Patent.

'at'eut'ed Feb. 14, 1911.

Application filed September e, 1910. Scrial No. 580,707.

150 it known that l, Hams 'lom:n,.a citizen of the United States, residing at Vnsaha, 'u the'couuty oli '.lula're,-l-tate oi. California,

have invented certain new and useful lm-' provements in Sprinkling-Maehines; and- 1 do declare the following to be -a .fnll, clear, and exact. description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, relierence ileing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the character-sot refereuee marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in sprinkling wagons of all kinds and particu-- larly to oil spraying or sprinkling wagons the object of the invention being to produce a simple and effective means for thoroughly hearing and liquitlizing the oil for the purose of spraying it out in a line liquid spray whereby .it will be more quickly and easily discharged and more readily absorbedby the. road or other surface upon which it .is sprayed. These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure'and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification 'and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete sprinkling machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional view 0 a heating drum. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of an oil and water reservoir. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a spray nozzle system. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a heating, means for distributing pipes. Fig. (3 is a front. elevation of the spraying nozzle and control thereof. of a. pump control mechanism.

.llel'erring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings 1 designates the main frame of my improved sprinkler the same carrying, a steam hoiler engine 2 and a supply tank 3 divided into two compartments 4 and 5 for oil and water r spectively. Disposed beneath the frame I is a lou; drum or tube (3 adapted to be conuwh'd by llexihle hose or pipes 7 with an oil tuul: wagon or other reservoir means to which my improved sprinklers may he attur-hv l. 'l'hrough this drum ll a steam pipe t, is dispos d. such steam pipe being connected with an exhaust of a steam pump 10 Fig. 7 is a top plan view whereby the steam, passing through such pipes 8, thoroughly heats the oil, which passes from said drum (3. through a pipe!) to the pump 10; thence it is pumped into a pipe 11 to a pipe 12 at the rear of the sprinrlmg wagon,;such pipe 12 having two adjustable cocks or ,valves 13 and 13"; such cock '13 controlling the how of the oil through a pipe 14, thence through dist rihuting pipes 15 into a main spraying pipe to having a plurality of discharge spray no/.- zlcs 17, which have respective control valves 18' the valves proper having a small round hole 1!) and the outer casing ol the valve having an elongated slot 20 which serves to readily distribute the oil.

'lhe valve t l controls the llow of oil from the pipe 12 through a pipe 21 to lower distributing pipes 22 into a lower spraying pipe 2 3 provided with spray nozzles Li -1S the same as those on the pipe 16. i

A steam pipe Q-l leads from the steam pipe 25, throu;zh the pipes 16 and EZ laud thence into the air, thus heatin; the oil right up to the time of its discharge through the nozzles 17. The oil from the oil chamber -'l leads through a pipe 2? to the oil pump 28, Ila-nee to an ejector 21) to the lirehoxofthe boiler.

Between the pump 28 and ejector 29 is a.

control i alve 30. From the pipe 28" a pipe 31 hauls hack to the pipe 2?; and'a pipe it) connects the ripe 27 with the pipe ill through a check valve 3 through the valve 210, then it. pumps the same throngh'tho pipe Ill and check valve 31% hackinto the pipe 27. This enables the oil to be pumped from any reservoir into the chamber 4 lty means of the following slruclure: \Vhen the oil is low in the tank l, i. then shut a valve ill. in the pipe 27 hetweeu the pipes 31 and 32 and also shut the valve and then the operation of the pump 2s pumps the oil from the supply reservoir through a pipe 353 through the pipe 2? to the ipc 32 through check valve 32; and pipe til alul then through the pipe 27 into the chamber 4. \Vlu-n' it is desired to clean the pump and pipe lines out, steam is turn d into llu' pipe E) by opening the valve 25 below check valve in pipe h. This steam llllls enters the pump ill cleaning it out thoroughly and going out; through the discharge pipe ll and the spray nozzles 17. cleaning them out also From the foregoing des ription it. will readily appear that I have produced such a When the pump 28 pumps more oil than will he admitted,

device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set. forth herein.

While this speeiti -ati,0n sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spiritof the invention.

llaving thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to seeure by Letters Patent is:

A sprinkler comprising a frame, a steani engine on said frame, a punt J on said steam engine, a drum sus'pende beneath said frame, a tiexible pipe leading into said drum,

a union in said pipe, steam pipes leading from said engine and through said drum, a pipe eonneetin" from said drum to said pump, a pipe disposed across said frame atthe rear end thereof and connected with said pump, a pair of adjustable valves insaidlast named pipe, a nlurality of distributing pipes leading from etween said valves, a main spraying pipe communicating with such plurality of distributing pipes, a plurality of discharge spray nozzles on said naiu spraying pipe, another series of distributing pipes leading from one side of the last one of said pair of valves to another spraying pipe, and a plurality of independent spray nozzles on such last named spraying pipe as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. ELLIS TONER. \Vitnesses:

PERCY S. \Vrznsrun, Fnaxn II. Can'rnn. 

